Wanindu Hasaranga Joins Joins Lasith Malinga In Elite Club

New Delhi:  Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga picked up his 100th T20I wicket. With this scalp, he became the second Sri Lanka bowler to reach this milestone. Hasaranga became the eleventh men’s player overall and the second Sri Lankan bowler to reach 100 wickets in T20Is, after only Lasith Malinga.

He is currently leading the side in the ongoing T20I series against Afghanistan where hosts Sri Lanka have won two out of three games. He accomplished the feat during the second T20I against at Dambulla.

Hasaranga has taken more wickets than any other bowler in men’s T20Is since debuting in 2019. Malinga was the only other Sri Lankan bowler with over 100 T20I wickets. Malinga reached the milestone in his 76th T20I, whilst Hasaranga did so in his 63rd, second quickest to 100 T20I wickets, after only Rashid Khan, who did so in 53 matches in 2021.